These two-metre wide craters are fish-made. Fastidiously maintained by the males, these bowls are courtship arenas. Cichlids are caring parents. Brooding young in the mouth is a very effective way of protecting them. This lake can be a dangerous place. After dark, predatory dolphin fish emerge from their daytime lairs among the rocks. Like packs of sharks, they're on the prowl for sleeping cichlids. In the darkness these electric fish hunt by detecting distortions in the electric field they create around their bodies. Any cichlid that trenches out will be snapped up. The floor of Lake Malawi drops 700 metres into an abyss. Here, in this dead zone the larvae of lake fly midges hide out away from predators. In the rainy season they balloon up to the surface and undergo a magical transformation.


这个两米宽的凹坑是鱼类们挖掘出来的。雄丽鱼精心照顾着这里，因为这是它们求爱的场所。丽鱼是对孩子充满爱心的鱼类。在嘴里孵化后代是保护它们的最有效方法，因为湖里充满危险。天黑之后，食肉的鲯鳅从它们白天躲藏的岩石洞穴里钻出来。它们像鲨鱼群一样悄悄游到正在睡觉的丽鱼身边。在黑暗中，这种带电的鱼类在自己身体周围创造一个电场，它们通过探测电场的变化情况来捕食。任何丽鱼如果敢出来就会被抓住。 马拉维湖最深处达700米，是一个深渊。在这个寂静的地方，摇蚊幼虫可以避免食肉动物的攻击。雨季到来之后，它们会浮到水面，发生奇妙的变形。